Special Tiyul Section
1-day tiyul to the Golan Wednesday, August 30th - Leaving Center at 7:45am sharp. Expert guide with us all the way. Lookouts over the Kineret and Syria. Drive-through and explanations of various settlements. Meet local residents. GAMLA observation park. GOLAN WINERY. Qatzrin Center*. 100NIS p.p. (115 non-members) Bring snacks (or buy), shoes for walking (not strenuous) Note that during Menachem Av (August), the dining facility at Chispin is not available to us for our late lunch. Instead, we have dropped the price of the tiyul - for the tiyulim on Aug. 16,30 - and includes a stop in the Qatzrin shopping center (after the winery) where you can buy lunch (pizza, falafel, coffee shop, supermarket). There are also nice sitting areas for "bring your own". Various shops for browsing and shopping. Interesting doll museum (at your expense and time permitting). Fridays, August 18, 25, Sep 1, 8:30am to 1:45pm Half-day Guided Tiyul to Hebron ò Kiryat Arba ò Kever Rachel 90NIS for members (105 for non-members) Chihuly & the Rova by Night Wednesday, August 23rd, 7:45 to 11:30pm Meet at 7:45pm at the Stern Jewelry store inside Jaffa Gate for a guided tour of the superb collection of glass sculptures by Dale Chihuly at the Tower of David Museum. Be inspired by the magnificent works of art, specially luminated for nighttime viewing. Followed by a nighttime guided walking tour of the Jewish Quarter, ending at the Kotel at approx. 11:30pm Guide: Feiga Kahana 70NIS p.p. (non-mem add 10NIS) ò Group size between 20 and 35 people Galil & Overnight Monday-Tuesday, August 28-29 Leave the Israel Center at 9:00am Travel via Binyamin area to Maale Ephraim lookout. From there via the Jordan River valley to Mechola. Meet a local resident who will speak about life in and the politics of the Jordan River valley. On to Beit She'an, ampitheatre, lunch at the mall (on your own), then to Tzipori to explore an excavated 2nd Temple period city. Arrive at Kibbutz Beit Rimon, dinner (mehadrin) and then to Lavi for separate swimming and program. Back to Beit Rimon for the night. Next day... after davening and breakfast at Beit Rimon, we will travel to Tzfat by way of Rosh Pina. Tour of the ARI, Abuhav, and Karo shuls, artists quarter, lunch (on your own), candle factory. (A lot of walking). Amuka, R. Yonatan b. Uziel Mt. Meiron, R. Shimon bar Yochai, Hillel, and Shammai. To J'lem by way of Tiberias with some surprises along the way. Return Israel Center, approx. 9:00pm. Guide: Judy Auerbach 600NIS p.p. Two to a cottage. Additional people (children or adults) in cottage is 550NIS p.p. (Non-members add 50NIS p.p.) Mark your calendars... Tuesday, September 12th - evening tour of Har HaTzofim with David Magence British War Cemetery (incl. Jewish Legion), original & rebuilt hospital, sculpture, H.U. campus, archeology, tomb of Nikanor (maker of the gates of the Beit HaMikdash, outstanding views of Midbar Yehuda & Old City Tuesday, September 26th - special tour of the Kotel tunnel ò Details to follow TIYUL HOTLINE 500-3333 ext. 211 As soon as your call (500-3333) is answered (with Israel Center, Shalom), press 211 Or press 204 for Ita Rochel - the person or the voice mail
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